When Silas R Lindsley was born on 21 September 1766, in Morristown, Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, his father, Capt John Millard Lindsley III, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Raynor, was 30. He married Jane Lindsley on 22 July 1790. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America in 1840. He died on 7 January 1845, in Morristown, Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New Vernon, Harding Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States.
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"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two ""houses"" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested)."
English (Durham and Yorkshire): perhaps an altered form of Lindley or Lindsay , or possibly and amalgamation of the two in places where both surnames were present.
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